Gaffney eyes home comfort for Leinster

PRIDE, as well as pool points, will be a motivating factor for the reigning European champions when they play host to the Scarlets at the RDS tomorrow.

Leinster’s last Heineken Cup game on home soil was the round one defeat to London Irish back in early October and, as consultant coach Alan Gaffney admits, that is a memory that still rankles.

“Yeah the boys definitely want to perform. I know full well they were very disappointed after the Irish game. That goes without saying. We were particularly disappointed with our performance – not only the result but our performance.